Mr Wigram, executive producer of the later films, points out that fantasy was out of fashion at the time (“Lord of the Rings” had not yet appeared).

后几部电影的执行制作人威格拉姆指出，奇幻当时老土了（《指环王》还未出品）。

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He's a Time Lord. In many ways, we have the same mind.

他也是时间领主，在很多方面，我们有相同的想法。

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The Lord High Chamberlain thought for a long time.

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Then came Martha, an actual doctor, whose affection the Time Lord did not return.

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Atkinson did reveal he had been approached to appear in the new series, alongside Matt Smith's incarnation of the Time Lord.

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This first special will take a look at the oldest man to have played the youngest version of the Time Lord.

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